Chick feed trough



March 3, 1931. w coL s 1,794,589

CHICK FEED TROUGH Filed May 11, 1928 INVENTOR glgillter [1. CollinsATTORNEY Patented Mar. 3, 1931 U i if;

WALTER ii. COLLINS, or SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY CHICK FEED TROUGH Applicationfiled May 11, 1928. Serial No. 277,070.

This invention relates to feed troughs for small chlckens or ch cks andhas for an ob ect to provlde an lmproved construction where access tothe feed may be readily had while the chicks are prevented from enteringthe trough.

Another object of the invention is to provide a chick feeding troughwherein a rotat- V able protecting bar is positioned across the trough.

A still further object, more specifically, is to provide a trough withthe 'parts pressed from sheet metal so as to interlock when assembled.

In the accompanying drawing, r

Figure 1 is a perspective 'view of a'chick feed trough disclosing anembodiment of the invent-ion; j

Figure 2 is an enlarged. fragmentary sectional view throughFigure .1approximately on line 22;

Figure 3 is an'enlarged transverse sectional view through Figure 1 online 33;

Figure 4; is an inside end view on an enlarged scale of one of the endmembers shown in Figure 1.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 and 2 indicate endmembers and 3 a connecting trough-body. The end members 1 and 2 areidentical in structure, and therefore, the description of 1 will ap plyto both. As shown in Figure 2, end member 1 is provided with a turned-inflange 4 presenting a supporting foot and a groove portion 5 forreceiving the end of the troughbody 3. In order to hold the partstogether after assembled, as shown in Figure 2, solder 12- is applied tothe ends of the trough 3 so as to secure the same in the respectivegrooves 5. By pressing these grooves in the end members upstandingexterior beads are presented which provide stiffening means for bracingthe respective parts. At the upper part of the end member 1 a portionhas been cut and bent to present a horizontal section 6 which is bent asecond time to form-the up standing abutment 7. The abutment 7 isprovided with a pressed boss ,IOI' portion 8 presenting a. journal pinfor the tube 9. The tube 9 is adapted to be rotatably mounted on thejournal. pins or abutments 8. The

ends 1 and 2 and the body 3 are preferably g made tromsheet metal, andthe tube 9 is also preferably made from sheet metal, although it couldbe made from an ordinary pipe. From Figure 3 it will .be noted that thetrough-body 3 has the upper edges curled, as indicated at 10 and 11.This makes a smooth surface over which the chicks bend when feeding fromthe trough. The space between the bent edges 10 and 11 and the pipe 9 isample to permit the passage of theheads or" the chicks but willnotpermit the bodies to pass. In this way the chicks are prevented fromentering the trough and by reason oftherotatable mounting of pipe 9 thechicks cannot roost thereon as the movement of the pipe would preventthis action.

What I claim is v 1. In. a chick feed trough, an end member comprising asingle sheet of metal formed with a pressed-out portion presenting atrough-receiving groove and a pressed-out" tongue having an offsetportion, said offset portion being formed with an integral pressed-outboss acting as a projecting 'journal pin.

2. A chick feed trough, comprising a body of sheet-metal, a pair ofsheet metal ends formed with grooves for receiving the ends ofsaid'body, each of said ends having a pressed-out oiiset portionpresenting a shoulder, each of said pressed-out portions having apressed-out boss acting as a journal pin, and a tube loosely androtatably mounted on said pins, said tube extending longitudinally ofsaid body and substantially centrally thereof at'a point above the body.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 8th day of May, A. D. 1928.

WALTER H. COLLINS.

